Valdosta City Schools
E-Mail Help!

This page has been created to assist you in setting up capabilities to send and receive email using the Valdosta City Schools email server.
To be able to access the Valdosta City School E-Mail Server, you must have a User ID. This can be obtained by contacting your principal or supervisor. Once obtained, your User ID is generally your first initial and last name all run together. In the case of duplicate names, the first initial and middle initial are used with the last name or a literal number (ie. "1") will follow.

For example, Alfred John Green would have a User ID of agreen. In the case where agreen is already in use by someone else, ajgreen would most likely be the User ID given. If you are not sure, please notify the school technology contact.

We have obtained an addtional domain name, gocats.org, which can make your email address easier to remember. The original domain name, valdosta-city.k12.ga.us, is owned by the Georgia Department of Education and is still valid. I have listed email address examples below. You have the choice of what you want to use.

The email address for Alfred John Green would be:
WILDCAT5
agreen@wildcat5.gocats.org

agreen@wildcat5.valdosta-city.k12.ga.us

or since WILDCAT5 is the default mail server, you may choose to leave WILDCAT5 off altogether...

agreen@gocats.org

agreen@valdosta-city.k12.ga.us

Please note the entire address and user ID is all lower case!


Once you have obtained a User ID, you will need some way of obtaining your email. If you have a computer that stays in your classroom, you can setup an email program such as Microsoft Outlook Express, Netscape Mail, or Eudora Light.

I have listed information below which you will need to set up your email program.

I have not discussed passwords for security reasons. If you are not sure of your password, please notify the school technology contact.

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WILDCAT
POP3 Server name:

wildcat5.gocats.org
SMTP Server name:

wildcat5.gocats.org
CHANGE PASSWORD
For more information, please contact...

B Kevin Smith, Technology Director
Valdosta City Schools
1204 Williams St
PO Box 5407
Valdosta GA 31603-5407

(229) 245-5646
(229) 333-8599 (fax)

bksmith@gocats.org